Techstars Startup Week Tampa Bay 2018: Florida Startup Pitch Competition to Nat...

Florida Startup Pitch Competition to National Investors

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Learn from different types of real investors, Angel to VC, how each looks at the 90-second pitch, what they consider the anatomy of a great pitch...and then see great pitching in action!

10 great, early-stage Florida startups will pitch to our panel of investors about why their startup is awesome in 90 seconds or less.

These startups will receive immediate feedback from the panel, and the audience will hear in real time why a successful pitch to one investor may be a failure for another. The audience will then be able to cast their vote for "crowd favorite." The investors will collectively vote on a winner and runner-up from the competition.

Moderators

Chuck Papageorgiou

Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Angel Investor in the Tampa Bay community. Board member of the University of Tampa Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, Tampa Bay WaVE and Techstart Tampa Bay.https://www.linkedin.com/in/papageorgiouchuck

Speakers

Stewart Bertron

Partner, Murray-Bertron LLC

Stewart is a partner at Murray-Bertron LLC, where he oversees investment strategies. As an entrepreneur, he was the co-founder of Tradex Technologies and was an early investor in CustomCable.com, PODS ™ and PDQ ™. Currently, he is backing Dabbl and Threshold 360. Stewart is a... Read More →

Marc Blumenthal

Partner, Synapse Florida & Florida Funders

Marc is a seasoned entrepreneur, and a partner with Florida Funders, a Florida focused venture capital firm that blends the best of traditional, committed fund venture capital with a "curated" crowd of accredited investors.

Tom Cardy

Managing Partner, Aixos Tech LLC

Tom is the Managing Partner, Aixos Tech LLC, and investment partnership and a seasoned, Tampa-based high technology entrepreneur and investor, with multiple exits and portfolio investments in the Tampa Bay area

Kathy Chiu

Managing Director, FAN Fund

Kathy is the Managing Director of the FAN Fund, a regional early stage technology venture capital fund and an independent board member – Bealls Florida. Previously she held various roles in Venture Capital, and holds an MBA from Stanford, with BS and MS from MIT in electrical... Read More →

Gary Langton

Gary is a seasoned Tampa-based high technology entrepreneur and investor, and currently the Managing Partner of QS Investment Fund and CEO/Co-Founder of IntelliChief, a leading provider of B2B Paperless Processing Management (PPM) software solutions for Global 2000 companies.

Kailah Matyas

Managing Partner, Redwood Partners

Kailah is the Managing Partner at Redwood Partners, where she covers Redwood's European, US and Asia Pacific regions, and a seasoned entrepreneur and angel investor.

Lance Raab

Board Member, Tampa Bay WaVE

Lance is a veteran technology entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience building and selling companies. He is the founder of JazzMedia, LLC, a privately held company that owns, develops and invests in domain names and web ventures. Lance is also an early investor in several... Read More →

Michael Reene

Board Member/Senior Corporate Strategist and Innovation Development Consultant, Self

Michael is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and a Board Member/Senior Corporate Strategist and Innovation Development Consultant currently devoting efforts to two or three technology firms embracing change as a CEO level advisor with a specific focus on transformative strategic d... Read More →

Jenny Schretter

Director, Dreamit Ventures

Jenny serves as Director at Dreamit Ventures where she manages Dreamit's startup acceleration cycles across multiple industry verticals and cities. She is responsible for overseeing all components of Dreamit’s acceleration programs from evaluation and selection of startups for each... Read More →

Thursday February 15, 2018 6:00pm - 8:30pm
7 - Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront 333 1st St SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Funding & Growth, Marquee

Techstars Startup Week Tampa Bay 2018